The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-09
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters OF Money and Management
About Various Lines

ABOUT N6TlOuS LINES.
The crossties for the Winter Park and Or
lando fla railroad are being placed along
the route ready for laying.
Roadmaster Walker, of the South Florida
railroad, has severed his connection with
that road, and l.. w. MalSby has been APP
pointed in his stead.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway shops at Palatka, Fla, are again in
full operation, as well as everything else ON
this splendid line of roads.
Sylvania Telephone: The Sylvania rail-
road is doing fine business in carrying
freight and lumber now. 1t should have
a new passenger coach by all means
The troubles of the Orange Belt railroad,
Florida, have about ended, and work has
again started, and tracklaying will now go
ahead at the rate of three miles day. All
attachments against the company have
been settled, and the work will be pushed to
completion, giving one more line from the
Gulf to the interior.
The first shipment of steel rails for the
Buena Vista and Ellaville railroad arrived
at Americas Wednesday morning, and it is
thought that tracklaying on that line will
begin about the first of next week The
roadbed at that end is nearly completed
and but little work remains to be done
between there and Lacrosse.
A small train left Griffin for McDonough
on the Georgia Midland on Tuesday after
noon, carrying President Grantland, Super
intendent Gray, Chief Engineer Greene,
Attorney Goetchius, Auditor Howard, J. M.
Mills, Col. Frank Flynt and George Mooney
The train made the trip in short time and
was back before dark. The road is reported
to be in fine condition and ready for a
schedule to be put on.
The engineers who are surveying a route
for the "Soutb Bound railroad, y which is
projected from Columbia, S. c., to Augusta
have reached Brighton, s. c q, a small town
| about five miles from the Savannah river
| 1t is the purpose of the projectors of the
| road to have two routes surveyed. One of
them crosses the Savannah river to point
on the Georgia Central, in bingham coun-
| ty, and the other reaches the Charleston
and Savannah railroad at Hardeeville, s.
| c. An extension of the latter route has
Augusta, crossing the Savannah river near
| there
President Drane, of the South Florida
and Georgia Airline, and also the Jackson
vile, Manatee and Gulf Railroad Com
| panies, has called meeting TO be held in
! Jacksonville at Hotel Togni on Sept. 81, at
$50 a. M, standard time. The object of
the meeting is to hear report from the
| President as to what has been done since the
|
of the company, also that the stockholders
may confer as to final arrangements for
| constructing and equipping the road as soon
| as possible. The President assures the stock
holders that financial matters with the COM
pany have very favorable outlook.
Judge Dorsey, of Atlanta, has been APP
| pointed receiver for that portion of the
Rome and Decatur railroad lying within
| the State of Georgia, and Mr.. n. Herzberg
| Ha Of tbe A 10
bama. In noticing the appoint
ment of receivers for the road the
| Atlanta Constitution says: ut is
said that as soon as arrangements can be
made with the bondholders the money will
be forthcoming to finish building the road :"
| President Printup does not seem disturbed
about the matter. and says the road will
| fight made ON the appointment of receiver,
as was stated by the Constitution. All
were willing for this to be DONE as it would
most speedily adjust the matter.
Darien will soon have a railroad 1t
should have had one long ago. II has fine
harbor, a river navigable FOR hundreds of
miles and busy, enterprising and well-to-do
citizens. Mcintosh county has given the
"Darien Short Line the right of way along
the Cowhorn road which Is public high
way sixteen miles in length. And it is
stated That the railroad company has secured
the right of way over the tramroad, which
was formerly used in connection with Mil
lens mills. From this statement it will be
seen for very considerable part of the line
the cost of preparing the roadbed will be
quite small. In fact, outside of the tramroad
and the public highway, only. twelve miles
have 10 be graded to make a continuous
roadbed, ready for the ties, from Darien to
Walthourville, on the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway. The charter under
which this road is being constructed per-
mits the line 10 be extended 10 Miilen. Ga. +,
and to Dog Hummock, in Sapelo sound,
where there Is twenty-five feet Of water.
Talanhona S,,l,acrihara